intrigue on nestle, the espresso maker, sold out its 10% stake in the giant flavor, for $1.2 billion. the big prize is what will it do with the stake in l'oreal when that lockup expires in april? and the debate is whether this make it is more or less likely they will sell that stake. you know we've had bad weather here in the midwest. they've got bad weather in europe, as well. let me take you to london where the thames barrier was actually closed last night. this is the barrier that protects london from tidal surges. they were predicting the biggest tidal surge there in over 30 years. i thought we could see the thames barrier. what a shame. but the bad weather is coming p up, the north sea, germany, the netherlands, also being really quite badly hit, and thousands of people have had to be evacuated from the southeast coast. >> weather's a big story all around the world. >> yes. absolutely. >> bob pisani has the dow holding the gains there. >> my biggest fear, up almost 140 points, this was the upside for the whole day, and we'd slowly drift lower. put up the dow. you don't want the d